Everything. He understands how to properly balance the more fantastical elements with a gritty story we can get into, he gets the characters and what they mean. The fight scenes and aesthetics of 300 are perfect for Batman, too.

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Definitely. He just doesn't have a clue how to write them.

And? That's not his job. He's a director, not a writer. He tried writing and failed, there's nothing to hold against him anymore.

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Seriously, what do people like about this guy? He's basically an artsy version of Michael Bay.

I hate comments like this. Just because he's not some indie pseudo-deep director doesn't mean he's a Bay clone. Snyder understands these characters and is a fan at heart, and it shows in his work. His movies are essentially big budget fan films, and I love him for that.